Fishing reel



Nov. 3, 1936.

FISHING REELA Fild March 24, 193e INVENTOR Wurf/ Hon/7s l() on a reel of this character.

. 45 Around the base oi' the post s 'I Patented Nov. 3, -1936 essaies rise anni.

Walter L., Adams, Akron-@him assigner to The' Enterprise Manutactg Company, Akron, Ohio, a corporation ot @hier amusante March ze, rese, sani No. tasse The present invention relates to the art of :fishing reels and-particularly to a new design of 'reel of the nature generally designated as trout reels, although it may be applied to any type of fishing reel.

The object of the invention is to combine with an adjustable drag device a which will be simple and inexpensive to 'manufacture and which 4is especially adapted for use and described is primarily intended as an irnprovernent upon the type of fishing reel shown in y the copending application of Rudolph Gr. Wenzel, Serial No. lal, leci April d, 1935, it being the i5 purpose oi the inventor to improve upon the device as shown in the said application and to cornbine therewith in a simple and economical fashion certain additional features, as will be more iulli7 set forth.

2@ in the drawing, the best known or preferred form of the invention is shown, but it will be.

understood that the invention may be embodied in other forms or modiiied and improved, all within the scope of the invention. in the drawing: A`

Figure l is a cross-section through a reel structure showing the improvements embodied therein; Figure 2 is an .enlarged view ci a fragment of the reel showing the drag mechanism; 3@ Figure 3 is an enlarged deta'l of mechanism; and

Flgines 4i, 5 and 6 are a side view and sections,:respectively, on the'drag ring, the Figures the cliclr 5 and 6 being taken on the corresponding lines ci Figure 4i.

The reel comprises the'usual frame consisting of the bach plate i and an outside ring 2' cone nected therewith by pillars t. Rising from the center of the back plate is a post or shaft t uponl 40 which the spool t is rotatably mounted. The

` outer surface vot the spool is provided with a handle t and the usual catch lby which the spool may be latched upon the post. This is a'well known construction of trout reel. v

t isl secured a bearing ring t held in position by screws te passing into the baclr plate. The outer periphery of the ring is formed with an overhanging ange 9. Surrounding the ring and held in position bythe ange is the friction bearing ring it. Y The outer side face of the ring il) is formed with ratchet depressions I2, here shown as two in number, and the spool is provided with a spring actuatedpawl or pin M which will engage said |v depressions as the spool is rotated. When the lcliclr rnechanisnil The invention shovvrE tai'ed in the direction of line (ci. 2te-sisi spool is rotated to reel in the line, the pin it will ride over the depressions, but when the line is drawn out, the ratchet and pin engage and cause the joint rotation or" the spool and the `friction ring it. rlhe purpose of this construction is to exert a drag upon the fish when it runs with the line. To exert the requisite drag, a pivoted brake i5,'having an arc-shaped bearing surface it, is mounted'upon the back plate and bears against the friction ring. Spring pressure is applied by l0 the bent spring ii, one end of which bears upon the brake shoe and the other is held by the ada plurality oi shallow notches 22 arranged about y the ring and the back plate of the reel carries a 25 tubular housing 2d in `which is seated a plunger or pawl 25 adapted to engage the notches 22 when the drag ring is rotated. A light spring 2t presses the pawl against the under surface o the drag ring. 30

It will thus be seenthat the ring i@ not only serves as a'drag or friction ring, but also consti tutes the rotatingelement of the click mechanism.

.as the ring rotates only when the spool fis rowithdrawal, the 35 click mechanism operates only 'at that time. The friction ring contines the click in place and the entire combination is simple and effective in construction. l

While the construction shown is thatwhich ls- 4o preferred as the best known forni of the invention, it is obvious that a reversal of parts orrother modications will not depart from the essentials of the invention. i

What is claimed is: 45

Ji. A iishing reel comprising a trame and a rotatable spool journaled thereon, a rotatably mounted friction ring. adjacent the spool, a ratchet notch in one race of the ring, a yielding pin on the spool engageable with the notch, de- 5o pressions in the opposite face of the ring, and a click 'pawl` on the frame in operative engagement tion ring lying between the spool andl the name, the outer side face of the ring beingl formed with a ratchet formation, a yieldingly mounted pin on the spool engageable with the ratchet, the inner side face of the ring being provided with depressions, and a spring click pawl mounted on the frame and engaging the depressions.

'3. A fishing reel comprising a frame, apost rising therefrom, a spool rotatably mounted upon the post, a rotatable friction ring surrounding the post and lying betweenhthe spool and the frame,

one face of the ring being provided with a ratchet notch, a. spring pressed pin on thespool engaging the notch, the opposite race ot the ring being provided' with depressions, and a spring pressed pin on the frame engaging the depressionsfand' 

